Means for removing ammunition-shells.



K. V'O'LLER.

MEANS FOR REMOVING AMMUNITION SHELLS.

' APPLICATION FILED JUNE 12, 1911.

1,088,490, PatentedFeb. 24, 1914.

UNITED STATESIATENT OFFICE.

KARL VijLLER, 0F DUSSELDORF, GERMANY, ASSIGNOR TO RHEINISHE METALL- WAAREN- UND MASCHINENFABRIK, 0F DUSSELDCRF-DERENDORF, GERMANY,

A. CORPORATION OF GERMANY.

MEANS FOR REMOVING AMMUNITION-SHELLS.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, KARL VIJ'LLER, engineer, a subject of the German Emperor, residing at 12 Scharnhorststrasse, Dusseldorf, Germany, have invented new and useful Iniprovements in Means for Removing Ammunition-Shells, of which the followlng 1s a specification.

It is often necessary to remove the cartridge cases from the projectile for the purpose of altering the amount of the charge in cartridges used in guns for high angled fire. Up to the present the cartridges for high angled fire have beenconstructed with a weaker connection between the projectile and the case, so that the two parts could be separated by hand, but in all such constructions the danger exists of some damage occurring especially during the transport of the ammunition. For this reason it 1s preferable that the connection between the ear tridge case and the projectile should be as strong for high angled fire guns as for ordinary field guns.

According to the present'invention a device can be applied to the gun cradle by which the case can be detached and removed from the projectile however firmly they may be attached.

The accompanying drawings show a construetion for carrying out the invention, in which- Figure l is an elevation of the device attached tothe cradle of the gun, Fig. ,2 is a section through the line 22 of Fig. 1, Fig. 3 is a View looking from the rear. Fig. 4 is a plan view corresponding to Fig. 1, and Fig. 5 is a section through the line 55 of Fig. 4.

Attached to the gun cradle is a support a,

"for the projectile. A support I) for the cartridge case is arranged to slide in suitable guides in the support a. The cartridge is port a and the case in the support I).

The projectile is held firmly in the support a by a cover a, which can be turned about a hinge d in the support. A lever 6 holds this cover down by means of two hooks a connected to the eccentric bolt f. The projectile is prevented from any axial displacement in the support a, by its copper band 9 and central ring it, when the cover a is closed.

. placed so that the projectile rests in the sup- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 24, 1914.

Application-filed June 12, 1911. Serial No. 632,626.

When the lever e is moved in the direction shown by the arrow, the hooks z are raised by a projection l: which moves in a groove,

and are moved suflicien'tly far hround to allow the cover a to be opened to insert or remove a projectile. The cartridge case lies by a projection is which moves in a groove, thereof so that it cannot be displaced in its support. The case is withdrawn by the movement of the support I; by means of the lever c, which 'is rigidly connected with the spindle m which latter has its bearings in the support a. To the other side of this spindle is fixed a smaller lever 11. The larger lever c and the smaller lever '12, are connected by a bolt 0 to the two sides of the support 6. If the lever a is turned, the small lever by means of its attachment to the spindle m is also turned through the same angle, and the support I) is displaced in its support a (Fig. 5) and the case drawn off or pressed on.'

The device need not be attached to the gun cradle: It may for example be fastened to the limber or to the ammunition wagon or elsewhere.

I claim as my invention:

1. A device designed to be secured to a gun for removing cartridge cases from prosecond support for effecting a relative move- Y ment between the two supports.

2. A device design-ed to be secured to a gun for removing cartridge cases from projectiles, comprising a fixed support for the projectile, a clamp mounted on said support for locking the projectile thereto, said support having an extension, a second'support slidably-mounted on said extension and designed'to receive and hold the cartridge case, and manually-operable means mounted on said first mentioned support and engaging said second support for effecting a relative movement between the two supports.

3. A device designed to be secured to a gun for removing cartridge cases from proectiles, comprislng a fixed support for the projectile, a clamp mounted on said support for locking the projectilethereto, manually operable means on said support for locking mm mm the clamp to said support, a second support slidably mounted on the first mentioned support and having a groove to receive the flange of the cartridge case, and a manuallyoperable lever mounted on the first mentioned support and connected to the second support for efieoting a relative movement between the two supports.

4:. A device designed to be secured to a gun for removing cartridge cases from projectiles, comprising a fixed support for the projectile, a clamp pivoted to said support for locking the projectile thereto, said support having an extension, a support for the cartridge case slidably mounted on the first 5 mentioned support and having a groove to accommodate the flange of said case, and a lever fulcrumed on the first mentioned support and connected to said cartridge case support for moving it relatively to the first 20 

